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By Lawrence J. McQuillan | Friday May 12, 2017 at 4:18 PM PDT | Comments Off on Pope Francis’s Failure to See Entrepreneurs as Good Samaritans Undercuts the Poor

On April 25, a videotaped talk by Pope Francis was released at the international TED conference in Vancouver, Canada. The 18-minute talk, titled “Why the Only Future Worth Building Includes Everyone,” can be viewed here. Francis highlighted three themes, beginning with the observation that community is central to human existence: [L]ife flows through our...Read More »

By Abigail R. Hall | Wednesday March 11, 2015 at 7:04 AM PDT | Comments Off on Military Aid—”If We Don’t Do It, Someone Else Will”

“If we don’t do it, someone else will.” If I had a nickel for every time someone said this to me in regard to U.S. foreign policy, I’d have enough to pay off the rest of my student loans and put any future children through college. This is particularly true when it comes to...Read More »